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Fire Eater (album)

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Fire Eater
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedFebruary 22, 1971
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:08
LabelPrestige
PR 10014
ProducerBob Porter
Rusty Bryant chronology
Soul Liberation
(1970)
Fire Eater
(1971)
Wild Fire
(1971)

Fire Eater is an album by jazz saxophonist Rusty Bryant recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a session that has Bryant stretching out his meaty tone and improvisations a bit further than usual. This is respectable soul-jazz with a lot of funk, but no fusion, employing the tenor sax-organ-guitar-drums lineup".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Fire Eater" (Rusty Bryant, Jeremy Taylor) - 9:30
  2. "Free at Last" (Bryant, Wilbert Longmire) - 8:35
  3. "The Hooker" (Leon Spencer) - 9:25
  4. "Mister S." (Spencer) - 7:38

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 1, 2013
  2. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 1, 2013.